Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 159% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 148% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	162% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	368% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200225
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '20 at 19:24
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 886 87% 712 Pts	64-Core 1,173 73% 1,173 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2370 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 220 Reflection 241 Parallax 246 179% 235 fps	MRender 286 Gravity 223 Splatting 155 174% 221 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 496GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2297 2336 2092 2061 2076 2093 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	368% Outstanding	Read 2,586 Write 2,381 Mixed 1,328 SusWrite 2,159 474% 2,113 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 75.5 264% 96 MB/s	DQ Read 1,278 DQ Write 1,026 DQ Mixed 1,130 852% 1,145 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 368% Great: 425%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 903 896 902 905 898 907 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,015 Write 760 Mixed 653 SusWrite 902 187% 832 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 50.3 170% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 466 DQ Write 676 DQ Mixed 492 394% 545 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 541%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT32GX4M4C3466C16 4x8GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 44.3 MC Mixed 37.1 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 47.8 SC Mixed 31.8 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 120%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,851x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,383x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	768x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,037x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	841x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	551x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	491x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16